JULIETTE CARRILLO www.juliettecarrillo.com! EDUCATION MFA in Directing, Yale School of Drama, 1991 Instructors: Ming Cho Lee, Lee Breuer, Earl Gister, David Chambers, Dennis Scott, George Ferenz BA in Theatre Arts, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1987 Phi Beta Kappa, College Honors Mabou Mines Internship, 1988 American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, 2001 ! National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Producer’s Lab, 2005, 2009 PROFESSIONAL DIRECTING CREDITS (selected) (*World Premiere **West Coast Premiere) Bliss Point* Shishir Kurup Cornerstone Theater Company (2014) The Sign on Sidney Brustein’s Window, Lorraine Hansberry Oregon Shakespeare Festival (2014) Jane of the Jungle* Karen Zacarías South Coast Repertory (2012) Brothers Size Tarell Alvin McCraney Seattle Repertory (2011) It’s All Bueno* Sigrid Gilmer Cornerstone Theater (2010) The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Arizona Theater Company (2010) Touch The Water* Julie Hébert Cornerstone Theater (2009) Lydia* Octavio Solis Mark Taper Forum (2009) Yale Repertory Theatre (2009) Denver Theatre Center (2008) The Cook Eduardo Machado Seattle Repertory Theatre (2007) Blood Wedding Federico García Lorca Ten Thousand Things (2007) Warriors Don’t Cry* Eisa Davis (adapt.) Cornerstone Theater (2007) Sonia Flew** Melinda Lopez Laguna Playhouse (2006) Lethe* Octavio Solis Cornerstone Theater (2006) The Clean House Sarah Ruhl Theatreworks (2006) El Paso Blue Octavio Solis SPF, NYC (2005) As Vishnu Dreams* Shishir Kurup Cornerstone Theater (2004) House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros Cornerstone Theater (2004) Anna in the Tropics** Nilo Cruz South Coast Repertory (2003) California Scenarios* Various Writers South Coast Repertory (2002, 2003) The Eviction* Victor Lodato Magic Theatre (2002) Nostalgia** Lucinda Coxon South Coast Repertory (2001) The Countess** Gregory Murphy South Coast Repertory (2000) References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot* José Rivera South Coast Repertory (1999) Eyes For Consuela** Sam Shepard Magic Theater (1998) Sidney Bechet Killed A Man** Stuart Flack South Coast Repertory (1997) Cloud Tectonics José Rivera Alliance Theatre Company (1996) Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet A.M. MacDonald NJ Shakespeare Festival (1994) Los Faustinos* Bernardo Solano Cornerstone Theater (1994) !2 !Play that Knows What You Want Alice Eve Cohen (solo) Women’s Project (1993) PROFESSIONAL PLAYWRITING AND DRAMATURGY EXPERIENCE 2014 Plumas Negras, Runner-up, Nuestras Voces Playwriting Competition, Repertorio Español 2014 Reading of Alisal at LATC’s Encuentro 2014 2014 Wrote Alisal, a full-length play adapted from Plumas Negras 2014 Created conflation of 4 different versions of The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (uncredited) 2013 Wrote Plumas Negras, a full-length play produced by Cornerstone Theater Company 2012 Café Vida, dramaturg for Lisa Loomer, Cornerstone Theater Company 2010 Wrote Little Voice, a short play produced by Cornerstone Theater Company !2004 The Clean House, workshop dramaturg for Sarah Ruhl, South Coast Repertory PROFESSIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY CREDITS 2014 T he Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2011 The Brother’s Size, Seattle Repertory (uncredited) !2002 Crossings: Journeys of Catholic Immigrants, Cornerstone Theater Company PROFESSIONAL DESIGN CREDITS !2004 House on Mango Street, Cornerstone Theater Company. Set and Costume Design STAGED WORKSHOPS AND READINGS (selected) 2013 La Jolla Playhouse, Meg Miroshnik, four-week workshop (Tall Girls) Cornerstone, Shishir Kurup (Bliss Point) Black Swan Lab, OSF (Alisal) 2012 Highways, Marcos Najera (The Brown Brain) O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference, Anne Garcia-Romero (Provenance) 2011 Yale Repertory Theater, Octavio Solis (Johnny Que-Onda) Perry-Mansfield Festival for Denver Theater Center, Octavio Solis (Christina Marie) South Coast Repertory, Karen Zacarías (Jane of the Jungle) 2010 Open Fist Theatre, Anne García-Romero (Paloma) Hedgebrook, Sherry Kramer (Beauty), (responder) 2009 Alley Theatre, Francis Ya-Chu Cowhig (Lidless) Mark Taper Forum, Joe Hortua (The Likeable Latino) 2008 Angel’s Gate, Diane Rodriguez (Living Large in a Mini Kind of Way) 2007 Perry-Mansfield Festival for Denver Theater Center, Octavio Solis (Lydia) Ford Theater, Anne García-Romero (Juanita’s Statue) 2006 Ford Theater, Elaine Romero (Secret Things) 2005 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Maricela Orta (Braided Sorrow) Mark Taper Forum, Jorge Cortiñas (Bird in Hand) Playground, Various Writers 1997-2004 Workshops at South Coast Repertory include: Nilo Cruz (Anna in the Tropics), Cusi Cram (LandLocked), Carlos Murillo (Mimesophobia), Octavio Solis (The Clearing), Luis Alfaro (Electricidad), Stuart Flack (Sidney Bechet), Jorge Cortiñas (Maleta Mulata), José Rivera (References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot), David Schulner (Isaac), Davey Holmes (Montezuma), Risa Mickenberg (Egg), Steven Drukman (Bullet Round) !3 1999 Mark Taper Forum, Nilo Cruz (Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams) 1998 Mark Taper Forum, Erin Cressida-Wilson (Trail of Her Inner Thigh) Cornerstone, José Cruz Gonzalez (Mariachi Quixote) 1997 Mark Taper Forum, Bernardo Solano (Dominion) New York Theater Workshop, José Rivera (Sonnets For An Old Century) 1996 New York Theater Workshop, Chiori Miyagawa (Nothing Forever) 1994 Joseph Papp Public Theater, Migdalia Cruz (Latins in La-La Land) Joseph Papp Public Theater, Toni Morrison (Dreaming Emmett) The Women's Project, Alice Eve Cohen (The Play That Knows What It Wants) ! INTAR, Henry Guzman (Inkarri's Return) FILM EXPERIENCE Current In development for SuperChicas, a full-length feature (as writer/director). www.superchicasmovie.com Paulina Gaitan, attached actress • Semi-Finalist, Sundance Lab (screenwriting) • Semi-Finalist, Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting Competition • Official Selection: Emerging Narratives, IFP’s Independent Film Week • Official Selection: NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) Screenwriting Lab (scholarship) • Official Selection: NALIP Producer’s Lab (2 years) • Finalist, BlueCat Screenwriting Competition 2012 Produced street art animation sample for SuperChicas 2009 SuperChicas, selected scenes, writer/director (from full length screenplay). Produced by NALIP 2007 a-litter-a-tion, short film, writer/director, 48 Hour Film Project, Honolulu (Winner) 2002 Project Greenlight, HBO (Finalist, Top 50) 2001 Spiral, short film, writer/director. Produced through AFI's Directing Workshop for Women Played in: Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE), Sitges Int'l Film Festival (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) Spain, New York International Latino Festival (NEW YORK PREMIERE), Cinematic Images (FINALIST) Los Angeles, CA, Moondance (FINALIST) Boulder, CO, Santa Cruz Film Festival, Kansas City Jubilee, NALIPsters- !On-View (HONORABLE MENTION) HONORS AND AWARDS 2014 Selected to participate In Sundance Theater Institute’s Directors Retreat in Arles, France 2011 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards (Seattle) for Brothers Size Excellence in Production, Direction, Ensemble, Choreography 2010 Examiner Awards (“Xammies”) for The Glass Menagerie at Arizona Theater Co. for Best Director, Production 2010 GLAAD award for Lydia for Outstanding Los Angeles Theater (Mark Taper Forum) Nominated for Ovation Awards (Mark Taper Forum) for Best Production, Best Sound (won). 2008 Ovation Awards for Lydia at Denver Theater Center for Best Director, Best Production 2008 Henry Awards for Lydia at Denver Theater Center, for Best Production, New Play and Ensemble 2007 Winner, Best Overall, Best Writing and Best Acting for short film a-litter-a-tion, 48 Hour Film Project, Honolulu (writer/director) 2007 Finalist, Alan Schneider Award for Directing 1998 Ten Drama-Logue Awards for Sidney Bechet Killed a Man, including Direction and Production !4 1995 NEA/TCG Directing Fellowship 1994 Princess Grace Award, The Women’s Project 1993 Van Lier Fellowship, The Women’s Project 1993 Boris Segal Fellowship, Williamstown Theatre Festival !1991-2 Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship, Arena Stage ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP Present Latino Theater Commons, Steering Committee Convening Programming Committee (2013) ! Carnavál Committee, Tertulia Committee (2014) 2004-Present Cornerstone Theater Company, Ensemble Member ! Ensemble Policy Committee, Ensemble Membership Committee 2006-2010 Cornerstone Theater Company, Board Member ! Resource and Development Committee, Finance Committee 1999-Present Museo Eduardo Carrillo, Board Member 1996-2004 South Coast Repertory, Director of Hispanic Playwrights Project/Artistic Associate: Curated and produced work by Latino playwrights in an annual ! festival PUBLICATIONS 2010 California Scenarios, Forward to Collection of Short Plays by Latino Writers, Playscripts, Inc. 2007 “Words With Wings” Forward to Collected Plays by Anne García-Romero, NoPassport Press 2005 Profile, “Going Deeper: She's A Director Known For Asking Big, Difficult, Transformative Questions” by Rob Kendt, American Theatre Magazine 2000 Co-editor, Latino Plays from South Coast Repertory, Broadway Play Publishing !1999 Contributor, Conducting a Life, Reflections on the Theatre of Maria Irene Fornes, Smith & Kraus ! PUBLIC FORUMS 2014 The Art of Community-Engaged Theater, panel, Encuentro 2014 @ LATC 2014 Cornerstone Methodology, International Community Arts Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands) 2013 Creators, Latino Theater Commons Convening, Boston 2011 Latina Theater Today: New Voices, Notre Dame University 2007 State of Latino Theater, Arena Stage, Washington D.C. 1999 Hispanic Playwrights